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If you believe a reaction will take place, draw the structural
formula for the chief organic product using the drawing window on
the right. If no reaction is expected, draw
the starting alkene structure.
Check your answer by clicking the Check Answer button under
the drawing window. A response will appear in the text box
below.
A new problem will be displayed by clicking
the New Problem button at the top of the page.
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The starting materials in all cases are achiral so any
chiral products will be racemic. Do not try to draw a specific
enantiomeric configuration.
In some cases a specific diastereomeric product is formed, and this
configuration should be designated by using the wedge/hatched
bond tool on the left of the upper toolbar. Repeated clicking
on a bond alternates its orientation. Two of the bonds to a chiral
center must lie in the plane of the drawing and must connect heavy
atoms (not hydrogen). The remaining two bonds may then be drawn as
wedge or hatched lines. Do not draw hydrogen substituents at chiral
centers, they are assigned an up or down orientation by default. In
general, it is best to draw a carbon chain or ring in the reference
plane and place substituents above or below that plane.
In very few cases a mixture of diastereomeric products is formed.
Do not try to draw configurations for these products, simply draw
the constitutionally favored product without using wedge bonds.
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